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Solo Mother

February 4th, 2008

Some thoughts about food, comfort, ritual and the single mother

The King of Everything and I had tunamac for dinner tonight. You know tunamac? You get a box of mac n cheese, cook it up like he box tells you to, and then add canned tuna and hot peas to the mix. It’s one of our favorite comfort foods. I can even remember the ex […]

By christina -- 8 comments

May 12th, 2007

Sometimes, single mom, all you can do is… all you can do

The King of Everything is recovering from his surgery. He doesn’t know how to slow down, take care of himself, take it easy. He moves pell mell through life and doesn’t stop til he drops; the pain in his throat makes eating and drinking a chore he’d rather forgo. By six he’s wilted, his head […]

By christina -- 2 comments

May 7th, 2007

Herbal Animals — adorable, and fragrant, companions

Zebra Zoo Zoo (Though I think I’m going to start naming her Zebra ZuZu) went missing for a few days this week. We looked everywhere. We thought she might be walking home from Grammie and Grandpa’s house.
In the meantime, there is the King of Everything’s upcoming Surgery. The golf balls and other offending bits are […]

By christina -- 1 comment

November 21st, 2006

Words of the day

A very kind friend shared this passage with me. It’s from a book he read a long time ago; these words stayed with him:
“The evidence of the goodness in life stands before us.  I am not blind.  I can see.  And so, to talk too much about the past would reduce it.  This is what […]

By christina -- 4 comments